Joe Yule

This article is about the vaudeville comedian. For his son, the actor, see Mickey Rooney.

Joe Yule
File:Joe Yule Rene Riano George McManus Signed.jpg Joe Yule, Rene Riano, and George McManus
Born	Ninian Joseph Ewell (1892-04-30)April 30, 1892 Polmadie, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died	Hollywood, California, US
Occupation	Actor, vaudevillian
Spouse(s)	Nellie W. Carter
Children	Mickey Rooney

Joseph "Joe" Yule (April 30, 1892 – March 30, 1950) was a Scottish-American vaudeville comedian who starred in many films as a character actor. He was noted for his role in the Jiggs and Maggie film series, and for being the father of Mickey Rooney.

Yule was born Ninian Joseph Ewell in the Polmadie district of Glasgow. As a child, he emigrated with his parents to the U.S. (circa 1900). He later changed his name to Joseph Yule. He married Nellie W. Carter, a native of Kansas City, Missouri. Both were vaudevillians and were appearing together in a Brooklyn production of A Gaiety Girl when their son Joseph Yule, Jr., was born. Their son adopted the professional name Mickey McGuire, then Mickey Rooney. The Yules separated in 1924 during a slump in vaudeville, and in 1925, Nell Yule moved with her son to Hollywood. Yule died 25 years later from a heart attack, the month before he turned 58. Mickey Rooney arranged to have his father buried next to his father's friend Wallace Beery, who had died a few years before. "I thought it was fitting that these two comedians should rest in peace, side by side," he wrote.

Filmography

• Idiot's Delight (1939)
• Fast and Furious (1939)
• The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939)
• Sudden Money (1939)
• Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
• New Moon (1940)
• Strike Up the Band (1940)
• Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
• Boom Town (1940)
• Florian (1940)
• Go West (1940)
• Forty Little Mothers (1940)
• The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)
• Sucker List (short, 1941)

• Come Live With Me (1941)
• The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)
• Married Bachelor (1941)
• Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
• Kathleen (1941)
• I'll Wait for You (1941)
• Billy the Kid (1941)
• Babes on Broadway (1941)
• Woman of the Year (1942)
• For Me and My Gal (1942)
• Nazi Agent (1942)
• Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)

• Mighty Lak a Goat (short, 1942)
• Famous Boners (short, 1942)
• Panama Hattie (1942)
• The Omaha Trail (1942)
• Jackass Mail (1942)
• Born to Sing (1942)
• Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
• Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
• Lost Angel (1943)
• I Dood It (1943)
• Harrigan's Kid (1943)
• Air Raid Wardens (1943)

• Meet the People (1944)
• Radio Bugs (short, 1944)
• Kismet (1944)
• Nothing But Trouble (1944)
• Bringing Up Father (1946)
• Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
• The Mighty McGurk (1946)
• Jiggs and Maggie in Society (1947)
• Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
• Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949)
• Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950)

External links

• Joe Yule at the Internet Movie Database
• Joe Yule at the Internet Broadway Database
• Joe Yule at Find a Grave